CVE-2020-25125

gnupg: AEAD preference list overflow

Published Sep 3, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
GnuPG 2.2.21 and 2.2.22 (and Gpg4win 3.1.12) has an array overflow, leading to a crash or possibly unspecified other impact, when a victim imports an attacker's OpenPGP key, and this key has AEAD preferences. The overflow is caused by a g10/key-check.c error. NOTE: GnuPG 2.3.x is unaffected. GnuPG 2.2.23 is a fixed version.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-17816 GnuPG 2.2.21 and 2.2.22 (and Gpg4win 3.1.12) has an array overflow, leading to a crash or possibly unspecified other impact, when a victim imports an attacker's OpenPGP key, and this key has AEAD preferences. The overflow is caused by a g10/key-check.c error. NOTE: GnuPG 2.3.x is unaffected. GnuPG 2.2.23 is a fixed version.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00667}

epss

{'score': 0.00334}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 3:26 PM
Reserved
Sep 3, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 3, 2020, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:06 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 4, 2020, 12:00 AM